Portable tourist sink



June 3, 1930. W

F. J. FRANSON PORTABLE TOURIST SINK Filed July 16, 1926 Patented June 3, 1930 PATENT OFFICE FRANK J". FRANSON, OFTOWER, MINNESOTA PORTABLE TOURIST SINK Application filed July 16, 1926.

My invention relates to portable tourist sinks, wherein it is desired to provide a sink which may be adaptable for use out in the open, such as in tourist camps where the sink may be practically self contained as to the compartments for washing dishes and the like, together with heating means forming a. complete unit, all of which is portable so as to be readily moved or most conveniently l0 placed.

A feature of the invention resides in means for providing a sink with burners beneath the sink compartments and a closure in front of the burners so that the heat from the burners will not interfere with the person using the sink and permit-tingwater held in the sink to be readily heated as may be desired.

My sink is of a nature to provide a unit including several compartments which may be of a desired depth so that a fairly good amount of water can be containedwithin the same and if necessary the compartments or one of them can be used as a boiler compartment in conjunction with the burner to boil.

the water or articles within the same. The unit structure of the sink with the several compartments for the Water and burners for each compartment, together with a supply tank for liquid fuel such as coal oil, or gaso- 3 lens or other liquid fuel provides a unique structure for a. sink particularly adapted for tourist camps and purposes of that nature.

It is also a feature of the invention to provide drain boards on either side of the sink which may be pivotally attached to the body of the sink in a manner so that the drain board can be folded over across the top of the sink to close the same when it is not in use or so that one of the compartments may be closed if desired while the other is in use.

In a tourist sink for out of doors this would be of advantage because when the sink is not in use it can be readily closed, keeping dirt out of the sink compartments.

These features, together with other details and objects of my invention, will be more fully and clearly set forth in the specification and claims.

In the drawings forming part of the specification:

Serial No. 122,908.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my sink as it would appear in use.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same showing some of the parts in dotted posi tion.

My sink A is designed of a construction to provide a substantial body 10 and is formed of any suitable material to form. the compartments 11 and 12. These compartments have a fairly deep nature so as to provide a depth for the water of the sink and to permit the washing of dishes or clothes in the sink if itis desired.

The compartments 11 and 12 are supported by the frame of the sink A and are portably held elevated by the legs 13, so as to hold the compartments at the desired height from the ground and to form means for rigidly andsubstantially supporting the body of the sink. 111 construction these legs can be of angle iron and can either be attached rigidly to the body 10 or be made so as to be disen gageable from the body so that the sink can be knockedd-own for shipment or storage into a compact set.

The leg members 13 are adapted to support the under plate member l l'which extends along beneath the compartments 11 and: 12.

Burners B of any suitable nature are secured to the plate member 14 and project upwardly so that the upper edge 15 of these burners will come in close proximity to the underside 16 of the compartmentsof the sink A to permit the heating of the water Within the com.- partments.

The burners B are adapted to be supplied with fuel through the pipe 17 which connects with the supply tank 18. The tank 18 1s formed with an outer casing 19 and a cover 20 which is hingedly secured to the casing so that the cover may be tipped to one side as illustrated in dotted outline, Figure 2.

Vithin the casing 19 I desire to provide a tank 21 for the liquid fuel which may be of a nature so that this tank can be lifted out to fill, the same or drain the contents of the tank if it is desired. By this means of construction for the supply tank 18 and the connection with the burners B I provide a suitable means for heating the Water within the compartments 11 or 12 of the sink A, which is quite desirable and adaptable to a portable tourist sink, more particularly for the reason that the tourist can fill the tank 21 with liquid fuel when they are ready to use the sink and if all of the fuel is not used up from the tank they can empty the same before they leave the tourist camp.

The unit construction of the sink A withthe burners attached and the portable nature of the entire unit permit the sink to be used at any convenient place or moved readily, a feature which is quite important for an article of this nature in a tourist camp.

It also is readily apparent that this construction of sink can be used in other places where itis desirable to have a unit sink and heating means so that the water can be heated and the operation of washing dishes or other articles may be more easily accomplished.

The sink A is provided with a suitable drain valve 24 which permits the sink to be drained out through the pipe 25 after it has been used. The drain pipe 25 of the sink may be connected to the ordinary sewerage drain it it is desired when my sink is used in a building where sewerage is ordinarily connected.

To guard the user of my sink A against the heat of the burners B I provide closures 26, which are in the form of doors adapted to close the front of the lower portion of the sink A so that the heat from the burners will not be directed up to the body of the person using the sink. The closure doors such as 26 can be provided for the front and back of. the sink if it is desirableso that the sink can be used from either side.

The sink A is provided with drain boards 28 and I have found it desirable to hingedly connect the drain boards 28 at 29 to the body of the sink A so that the drain boards 28 can be folded over across the top of the compartments 11 and 12 as is illustrated of one of the drain boards 28 in dotted outline, Figure 2. When the sink A is not in use it is desirable to close the top of the same to keep the dirt out of the compartments 11 and 12, especially when the sink is used as a tourists outdoor sink and this construction also permits the sink to be folded into a more compactset so that in shipping or in otherwise storing the sink A, it can be taken apart and folded togetherto provide a comparatively small size.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention and have illustrated a particular construction in the drawings. I desire to have it understood that these illustrations are only suggestive of a means of carrying out my invention and that the same can be applied to other uses and made in other forms within the scope of the following claim:

I claim:

FRANK J. FRANSON. 

